Queanbeyan Demon

What? Award the Brownlow to a good, big bodied, player? Hehehehehe.

We’re def in trouble if milkshake and Hibba are the answers. We really have got a chronic depth problem. Another year of shuffling the deck chairs.

Weid will never be the player I had hoped (for example, Kennedy, Revolt, Hawkins). At best, a serviceable 175 game career. Lacks self belief, killer instinct and high level game sense. Not sure any of that can be taught. In 2021 dollars, makes him worth 500-600k per year at best.

High level summary There are 29 comments similar to this: Melbourne are sh*t and will struggle to make the eight. There are 239 comments that bag their players and coach. Jesse Melbourne screwed us big time. Pick 6 and 23 was way overs for what Hogan had produced to then, regardless of how he performed for us. Anyone hear the Melbourne guy on the purple reign pod the other day? He said Hogan was a good player to sneak in the back for cheap goals even at his best, and that if he was a freo fan he would have been disgusted that we paid the price we did for him, even back in 2018. That Hogan trade in the end will have cost us a premiership. That draft was the best in years and we skipped it. There’s talk it could be the best draft of all time. Hogan would have been handy today. May We were out positioned and out marked all game. May and the other bigs too good. Other than that both teams need to improve significantly to threaten the top 8 this year. Schultz smashing May was quite fun to watch, May putting him in a soft headlock afterwards, talk about a bruised ego. May is one of those players that dishes it out (his tribunal record attests to that), but not good at taking it. Our midfield lacks class and run on the outside. Resulting in May and Lever dominating the air. Max Meek admirable but Gawn was just way too good. Great effort by Meek, didn’t do too much but neither did Gawn. Played his role against the best ruck in the comp. . . . and so on and so forth Shocked to be writing this but Goodwin out coached Longmuir. At selection, strategy and during the game. It was 2016 level bad. Thankfully it was only against Melbourne who are also a bucket of sh*t. Yeah we just pumped life back into Tom McDonald. Fyfe is making no impact as a forward. It’s a waste. They scored about 10 goals from turnovers. Death, taxes and a sh*t Freo attack. We made Melbourne look good today which says how bad we really are. Henry was outpointed by Jetta whom is a very good small defender. Im going to say this quietly, we looked a lot better when Hamling and Pearce went off injured. “Just had a bad day” 6 years At Freo coaches come and go, head fitness guys come and go, trades come and go, draftees come and go but since the end of 2015 nothing has changed long term to make us a more competitive side. This is looking like a perpetual rebuild at this moment so only another 5 years to go and we will make it to 9th on the table. One positive from today- Treacy has just kicked his 3rd goal in the first quarter playing for peel against Claremont. Melbourne probably being harder for longer, that really felt like a game we coulda/shoulda won. So many wasted opportunities in the 1st and 4th qtrs when we had all the momentum. *6 goals in a half. FFS... this is so "Freo". Good thing we are doing the extra skills training. It's paying dividends. This graphic says it all. Our best were better, our bottom half of the team just killed us.

I love Nev to bits . . . one of my all time fave Deez. But I'm extremely worried.

No offence Melbourne fans reading this, this all the hallmarks of a mid-season coach firing. If May doesn't get up we should win it easily IMO. Looking at both forward lines it could end up the lowest score in AFL history. The Cairn's catastrophe was where we took Melbourne's last glimmer of finals hope last season and flushed it down the toilet. Max Gawn likely to do battle with the inexperienced Lloyd Meek. If Meek can just not get absolutely smashed by Gawn then we are in with a good chance. Gawn best on. Tabs will be double teamed by May and Lever all day. Lever seems to be made of the same brittle substance as Sturt. Unfortunately, I think Melbourne win this by 2-4 goals. Too many injuries and no forward line for us. I'll be very surprised if we kick 65 points. They also have no forward line at the moment only Mcdonald who looks very ordinary now days and Fritsch. The hype-train has us playing finals. If that's going to be the case, this game is a 'must win'. The biggest error the club made in the last 5 years was trading for Hogan instead of picking Ben King at the draft. It is highly likely this weekend's AFLW game between the same two clubs will have a bigger scoreline than Melb v Freo in Rd 1. I don't think that either team is going to do much damage in 2021 .... except to their supporters. Melbourne are trash! I hate to say it but If we lose to them we are in the back alley right alongside them! I think we should be good enough to beat Melbourne. Their pre-season has been awful and I don’t see any growth coming in that list from last year. We should win.

Wow . . . just wow! How specifically is Max more responsible than most for us underachieving over the past decade? There's another poster on here, Anti-Saint, who is of a similar mindset. What am I missing?

Makes us all Al-Anonics MR.

How about this Sue? The players are aware we have a problem winning games we are expected to win. Our performances last year in Cairns were unacceptable. With a finals position on the line against two sides below us on the ladder, we simply choked. Some fans have accused us of 'drinking our own bath water'. Based on those performances in crucial games, they are correct. We let ourselves down but most importantly, we disappointed our fans . . . again. And for that, I say, on behalf of the players, we're sorry. You, the fans, supporters and members are the lifeblood of the club and provide us with a lifestyle most people can only dream about. And we abused your trust, support and love. For that, on behalf of the players, I apologise. In 2021 we undertake to play a more accountable and disciplined style of game. This means further developing our individual strengths and minimising the influence our weaknesses have on the outcome of each game. For example, Jack Viney is committed to playing Aussie Rules each weekend, I'm gradually improving my goal kicking and hope to thread at least one per game this year and Maysie's target is to keep all the gorillas to two goals or less in each game he plays. All the players will be held accountable, both internally and externally, for their on field performances. To that end, Jack, Stephen and I will front the media each week, and on behalf of the players, answer for our performances as truthfully as possible.

We are no different to the racists at Collingwood or the exposed culture of entrenched sexism and misogyny on Capital Hill. Much of society, and by extension, the MFC, is completely blind, and contributing to, the normalisation of the abuse of women. This subtle but pervasive structurally embedded sexism is the personification of male power and control, which of course, is the root cause of gender inequality that manifests as domestic violence, rape, sexual exploitation, unequal pay and a plethora of other abuses. We are all implicated when we allow other people to be mistreated and patriarchal symbols such as the Australian Club are used to raise funds for our beloved club.

I cut my Friday night footy watching by 50 percent when Dennis Cometti finished calling that game each week. I'll now only watch Friday night if the Deez are playing, and only with the volume down. Bruce, at certain times toward the end of his career, became a parody (mostly of himself), but this shouldn't detract from the brilliant broadcaster he was for the vast majority of his career. And he helped revolutionise the analysis of the game for seven years (1995-2002) as host of the original Talking Footy. To this day, the benchmark in footy chat shows IMHO. Good on you Bruce, footy can only be watched now with the volume turned down . . . that's the greatest tribute of all my friend.

Exhibit 1: Shaun Playford Burgoyne. Exhibit 2: The Band Who Kew Too Much - Hard Rubbish Night In Kew

Outrageous, but somehow artsy, bordering of tolerable.

Good summation Brother.

I note the Pedo has somehow been omitted from all lists.

We should all be proud of the Club's announcement and receive the AFL's community award in 2021. Anything that keeps him away from Lulie Street it to be highly commended. On an equally serious note . . . My mate, who is mad Norf and understands the game, was amazed that Norf delisted him, not withstanding the injuries and other challenges Majak dealt with in 2020. His view was that Majak, when fit, was easily inside the club's best 22 players. He was appalled by Shaw's handling of him when coach (and I'm Shaw there's an untold story there as well). For all the reasons many have identified here, Majak:- can play anywhere, is well liked by teammates, is low budget impact, a good trainer, and happy to play in the ressies when the full list is available. My friend says his best position is off half back and we should plan to play May across half forward. Means the $850,000 man will have to rise to the occasion though. Can't say I see any downside considering the state of our list today. There would be a minimum of 30 AFL players running around in 2021 not as well credentialed as Majak IMHO.

With thinking like this Binman, you're in line for a seat on the Filth's board.

****mond did win a premiership with the best backman of his generation in the stands PF.

They both pay the same piper JD.

Will Tripplechins be the Republican nominee in 2024? He's showing all the right attributes.

No, it's not a typo LH. After scrutinising exactly what I wrote, and if one analyzes the data mathematically, it makes him a pretty good player. At a bear minimum, it puts him in the best 25 percent of players in the comp. And I suspect if one undertook further analysis of the raw data (e.g. the precise ranking of all his KPIs), he would probably be in the top 15-20 percent of players running around.

I'm not a huge Viney fan . . . so last year I thought I'd go and have a look at where he ranks in the league on all the important KPIs that the league measures for its players. Here's the news: Viney is in the top 200 players in the league on 80 percent of performance indicators. He's got his deficiencies and drives many of us mad at times, but there's not a club in the comp that wouldn't have him in their best 18. And he'd be in the best six players at at least six clubs, based on his KPIs, IMHO.

I wonder if the Club's sponsors will show any spine? Emirates CGU La Trobe Financial Nike PFD United Subway Heinz Carlton Draught Calabria Pure Storage Coca Cola Etc, etc, etc. . . .

I come to 'Land when I want sane, accurate, thoughtful and well articulated information on the Deez.

The Dorks versus Essenscum could be interesting. There's a strong chance one will loose by 10 goals. Imaging the angst.